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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
May. 14, 2001
Glen Carter, Mattoon, IL (US);
Frank Flider, Mattoon, IL (US);
Justrice Manufacturing Company, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A receptacle for spent smoking materials is provided. The receptacle includes a base portion defining a chamber for containing the smoking materials. The base portion has an open upper end having a rim. The receptacle also includes an upper portion having a neck which extends upward from a dome which engages the rim and encloses an upper end of the base portion. A seal being provided between the rim of the base and the dome. A head is arranged at the upper end of the neck. The head has an orifice therein for receiving spent smoking materials. The orifice being arranged underneath and adjacent a bonnet which protects the orifice from the infiltration of rainwater.